What is the extent to which marriage/couple and family therapy (M/CFT) journals address transgender issues and how many of them say they are inclusive of transgender persons when they are not? To answer these queries, a content analysis was conducted on articles published in M/CFT literature from 1997 through 2009. Of the 10,739 articles examined in 17 journals, only nine (0.0008%) focused on transgender issues or used gender variance as a variable. Findings support the assertion that transgender issues are ignored and marginalized by M/CFT scholars and researchers alike.
Diversity is becoming more important in clinical training programs as clients, students, and supervisors become more diverse. At the same time there is a focus on learning outcomes in order for programs to graduate competent therapists. Supervision that attends to power and diversity can provide a supportive environment where the supervisor can model the importance of addressing these issues to influence (a) positive clinical outcomes for clients because of isomorphism, (b) satisfaction with supervision, and (c) enhanced learning outcomes for supervisees. The purpose of this study was to explore the use and influence of feminist supervisory practices on satisfaction and learning outcomes from the perspective of supervisees and supervisors in Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education-accredited programs who completed a 70-question online survey. Results indicated that from supervisees' perspective attending to power and diversity in supervision influenced satisfaction with supervision (β = .793, p < .001) and learning outcomes (β = .806, p < .001). From supervisors' perspective there were no significant effects of attending to power and diversity in clinical supervision on supervisor satisfaction with supervision or supervisee learning outcomes.
The purpose of this study was to explore potential influences on marriage and family therapists' comfort level when working with lesbian and gay male clients, including sex, age, race, sexual orientation, political orientation, religious practices of the therapist, as well as the level of support for lesbian and gay male human rights. Participants in this study were 199 experienced therapists. Results indicated that higher levels of religious practices were related to lower levels of support for lesbian and gay male human rights and to lower levels of comfort working with lesbian and gay male clients. When support for lesbian and gay male human rights was considered, the level of religious practices was no longer predictive of comfort working with lesbian and gay male clients.
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